U.S. HISTORY 11/12: 2014-2015CHAPTER 34 - TEST REVIEW

KEY TERMS (* indicates vocabulary terms from the chapter)militarists*totalitarianism*quarantine*

divisions*convoy*warlords*

isolationismappeasementholocaust

KEY PEOPLEAdolph HitlerBenito MussoliniFrancisco Franco

Charles LindberghWendell WillkieWinston Churchill

Joseph Stalin

KEY EVENTS/DOCUMENTS/LAWSLondon Economic Conference 1933Tydings-McDuffie Act“Good Neighbor Policy”Rome-Berlin AxisNye CommitteeNeutrality Acts (1935,1936,1937)“Cash and Carry” Neutrality Act (1939)

Havana ConferenceBattle of BritainCommittee to Defend America by Aiding the AlliesAmerica FirstLend-LeaseAtlantic CharterPearl Harbor (including the date of the attack)

KEY QUESTIONSWhat was the immediate response of most Americans to the rise of the Fascist dictators Mussolini and Hitler?

What are two actions taken by Hitler, prior to the start of World War II, that were in direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles? Why was Hitler able to get away with doing this?

Name the African nation invaded by Mussolini in 1935.

How did the U.S. response to the Japanese bombing of the American gunboat the Panay demonstrate the depth of the United States’ commitment to isolationism?

Why did the allies agree to ‘betray’ Czechoslovakia, allowing Hitler to take the Sudetenland?

With what nation did Hitler sign a non-aggression pact in August 1939?

What event is considered the trigger that officially started World War II in Europe?

After the fall of France, FDR called for the nation to do what two things, specifically?

What two military events in Europe moved the U.S. away from neutrality to actively aiding Britain and other allies?

What problem from the Great Depression did the overseas demand for war goods ultimately solve in the United States?

What did Britain give the U.S. in exchange for 50 WWI destroyers?

Despite his breaking the two-term tradition, voters re-elected FDR because they felt what?

How did Hitler interpret the passing of the Lend-Lease Act? What did he do in response?

What were three reasons Hitler’s army was unable to defeat the U.S.S.R.?

What were two similarities between Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points and the Atlantic Charter?

Why did the United States place an embargo on Japan, triggering the attack on Pearl Harbor? And why did Japan feel they had to attack the U.S.?

Why was the U.S. unprepared for the surprise attack